The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 157, Issue 3 , Pages 395-400.e1 , September 2010

Effects of Fish Oil Supplementation on Markers of the Metabolic Syndrome

  • Maiken Højgaard Pedersen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Nutrition, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
    • Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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  • Christian Mølgaard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Nutrition, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
    • ,
  • Lars Ingvar Hellgren, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
    • ,
  • Lotte Lauritzen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Nutrition, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Lotte Lauritzen, Copenhagen University, Department of Human Nutrition, Rolighedsvej 30, 1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.

Received 13 October 2009 ,Revised 23 February 2010 ,Accepted 5 April 2010.

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 Supported by the Danish Council for Strategic Research. The intervention bread was sponsored by Kohberg A/S, which had no influence on the interpretation of the data or the writing of this article. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

 Clinical Trials database registration (clinicaltrials.gov): NCT00929552.

PII: S0022-3476(10)00301-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.04.001

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 157, Issue 3 , Pages 395-400.e1 , September 2010

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